Cotton-seed crusher and distributer.



J. A. GARDNER.

COTTON SEED GRUSHEB. AND DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED rmmo, 1912.

1 029 9 1 Patented June 18, 1912.

a H I Witnesses Inventor Attorneys iliTE AENT FFKQEQ J 01119 A. GARDNER,OF GRIFTON, NORTH CAROLINA.

COTTON-SEED CRUSHER AND DISTRIBUTER.

primary object of the present invention being the provision of acrushing apparatus especially designed for crushing cotton seed forutilizing the crushed seed for fertilizing purposes, the same'beingprovided with traction wheels to operate a plurality of crushing rollersand a seed feeding roller disposed in the mouth of a hopper, the saidseed feeding roller being provided with teeth and having disposed inoperable relation thereto an adjustable plate for limiting the dischargeof the seed by the toothed wheel, there being manually controlled meanssuitably disposed with relation to the handle of the implement foractuating the same.

A further object of the present invention is the combination of a hopperfor controlling the seed and a fertilizer, such as lime or plaster, bothhoppers being provided with a toothed feeding wheel at the outletthereof in combination with adjustable plates for regulating the portsof egress for lime and plaster, and seed, the seed being passed to apair of crushing rollers, while the lime or plaster will commingle withcrushed seed within a distributing spout or boot, where the materialwill be deposited within a furrow formed by a furrow former and finallyto becovered by a shovel.

, lVith the foregoing and other objects in view'which will appear as thedescription proceeds,'the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter(lescriloed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through thetwo compartment hopper and feeding and crushing roller, other portionsof the machine be ing in elevation. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the gearing for operatingthe Specification of Letters rat-eat.

Application filed February 20, 1912.

Patented June 18, 1912.

Serial No. 678,804.

various feeding and crushing rolls. Fig. 1 is a detail View of one ofthe adjustable plates and one of the feed rolls.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the frame of theimplement,

a which is provided with the beam 2 carrying the clevis 3 and theforward caster wheel 4, the furrow opener 5 being disposed for verticaladjustment within the frame 2 and having 1ts squared upper end 6 heldtherewithin by means of the set screw 7.

Mounted upon the frame 1 is the main hopper S, which is divided intobins 9 and 10, respectively, by means of the vertical partition 11, thebin 9 being the cotton seed holding loin while the bin 10 is the lime orplaster holding bin. The bin 9 is provided with the rear inclined wall12 and the short forward inclined wall 13 which provides the outlet 14for the seed, while journaled in the frame and transversely of theoutlet 14 of the bin 9 and near to the end of the inclined plates 13 isthe seed feeding roller 15, which is provided with a plurality ofcircumferentially disposed radial teeth 16. In order to limit the portof egress for the seed, that is between the circumferential surface ofthe roller 15 and the adjacent portion of the outlet 14, the plate 1'?is pivoted at 18 and carries upon its end adjacent to the roller 15, theteeth 19', which as shown in Fig, 4E, coact with the teeth 16 of theroller-15 to properly feed the seed to the crushing rollers 19 and 20therebelow. In order to move the teeth 19 to and from the feed roller 15and thereby regulate the space between the teeth 16 and the periphery ofthe roller 15, the pin 21 carried by the upper end of the plate 17 hasconnected thereto the lower free end of the lever 32, which lever 32 ispivoted to the lug 23 carried upon the outer. face of the rear inclinedwall 12 of the bin 9. This lever is provided with the operating handle24, which is disposed in accessible reach to the operator of theimplement and carries the handle actuated spring pawl 25 which isdisposed in operable relation to the toothed seg ment 26,'whereby thelever 32 may be held at any desired adjustment to consequently governthe adjustment of the teeth 19' with relation to the seed feeding roller15. The main crushing roller 19 is carried upon the axle 27, which isjournaled in the frame 1 and carries upon its respective ends thetraction wheels 28. Keyed upon the shaft 27 is a gear 29, which is inmesh at all times with the gear of the seed feeding roller 15 and withthe gear 31 of the forward crushing roller 20, the gear 31 being in meshwith the gear 32 which is keyed upon the shaft 33 and rotates thefeeding roller 34, which is disposed transversely of the outlet 35 ofthe lime or plaster containing bin 10. This roller 34 is provided withthe peripheral teeth 36, similarly to the seed feeding roller 15. Inorder to limit the feed of the lime and plaster from the bin 10, thehorizontal reciprocatory plate 37 is provided and mounted within theframe 1 below the hopper. The end of the plate 87 adjacent to the feedroll 34 is toothed, as at 39, and correspondingly to the teeth 19 of theplate 17, and in order to impart the desired movement to the plate andretain the teeth 39 in the desired adjustment with relation to the feedroll 34, a bell crank lever 29 is pivoted upon one side of the hopperwith its lower free end in operable relation by means of the pin 40'tothe plate 37-, the upper free end of said bell crank lever beingoperably connected through a link 42 to the outer end of the operatinglever 43 which is pivoted at 44 to the hopper. The handle 45 of thelever 43 is extended toward the main handles of the implement and inready access to the operator, the handle operated pawl 46 being car riedby the handle and disposed in operable relation tothe segment 47, sothat the plate 37 may be adjusted and held at any desired adjustment. Bythis construction and arrangement of adjustable plates 17 and 87, thefeed of the seed to the crushing rollers and the fertilizer into thehopper 47 is regulated as desired, and by reason of the furrow former 5,and the covering teeth 48, the mixed crushed seed and fertilizer areproperly distributed within the furrow and covered.

By mounting the gear 29 upon the main shaft 27 of the implement, all ofthe various rollers 15, 20 and 34 are operated through the shaft 27which carries the main crushing roller 19. It will also be noted thatthe furrow former 5 is curved rearwardly so as to accommodate the casterwheel 4 and thus produce a shortening of the main frame and theconsequent reduction in the longitudinal length of the implement.

'Vfhat is claimed is:

1. In a seed crusher and distributer, a wheeled frame, a two compartmenthopper carried thereby, each compartment being provided with a dischargeoutlet, a feed roll provided with a plurality of radial teeth mountedWithin each outlet of the compartments, a pair of feed crushing rollsdisposed below the outlet of one of the compartments, one of said rollsbeing operated by a traction wheel, and means for operably connectingthe crushing rolls and the feeding rolls thereto, and an adjustableplate one to each outlet disposed in coactive relation with its feedroll for regulating the feed of the material through the outlet of itsrespective compartment.

2. In a seed crusher and distributer, a wheeled frame, a two compartmenthopper carried thereby, each compartment being provided with a dischargeoutlet, a feed roll provided with a plurality of radial teeth mountedwithin each outlet of the compartments, a pair of feed crushing rollsdisposed below the outlet of one of the compartments, one of said rollsbeing operated by a traction wheel, means for operably connecting thecrushing rolls and the feeding rolls thereto, an adjustable plate one toeach outlet disposed in coactive relation with its feed roll forregulating the feed of the material through the outlet of its respectivecompartment, and manually controlled means one to each of said platesfor adjusting the plate and retaining the same in adjustment.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two. Witnesses.

JOHN A. GARDNER.

WVitnesses:

SELINA lVILLsoN, W. H. C. CLARKE.

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